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> And do it in places where you don’t have natural supply of either. Exactly. Nobody’s investing in small nuclear to be competitive with absolute-cheapest grid
by jl6 1y ago
> And do it in places where you don’t have natural supply of either.
Exactly. Nobody’s investing in small nuclear to be competitive with absolute-cheapest grid-scale wind/solar/storage, the point is that there are a thousand and one niches all over the world where the density and (hopefully) reliability of nuclear makes it quite attractive.
- oofbey 1y agoWhich means you don’t need to build up transmission capacity. The article was factually wrong on that point. Put an SMR next to a data center or an aluminum factory and the power is used right there.
- potato3732842 1y agoNot needing transmission means you can leapfrog over a problematic jurisdictions that won't let you upgrade transmission capacity without a bunch of expensive concessions.